Huntington v. Laidley
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is a direct appeal to this court, under the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, § 5, from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia, dismissing for want of jurisdiction a bill in equity filed by Collis P. Huntington, a citizen of New York, as special receiver of the Central Land Company of West Virginia, a corporation of West Virginia, against John B. Laidley, a citizen of West Virginia, and against citizens' of other States, to charge a tract of 240 acres of land in that State with a trust.
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